Eid Mubarak Pyramids
An Eid Mubarak card from Lahore in the 1930s.
Divided back
Jeypore. An Eastern Cemetery
[Original caption] An Eastern Cemetery. The cemeteries of Rajputana in which is situated the state of Jeypore, are as picturesque as all that surrounds the lives of the Rajputs.
James Bazaar Street, Secundarabad
This was a very popular view of what is now MG [Mahatma Gandhi] Road in Secundarabad/Hyderabad.
Dancing Girls, Jaipur
An unusual dark background, and all the women holding hands and looking off slightly to their left.
Postmarked Jaipur, March 23, 1923, and mailed to Mrs. Eagleton, 212 Elmwood Ave., Newark, NY, USA: "Feb.
Sir J. N. Tata
The "father of Indian industry." Jamsetji Nusserwanji Tata (1839-1904) was born in Gujarat and graduated from Elphinstone College in Mumbai in 1858. He founded and sold a successful trading firm, and then built a successful cotton mill that since
Greetings from Madras
A very early "Greetings from"postcard. Note how the top two images are also prefixed with a "View of" as part of the title. See the version with a message in French.
[Jhelum Recruiting]
![[Jhelum Recruiting]](https://www.paperjewels.org/sites/default/files/styles/square_thumbnail/public/slides/jhelum.jpg?itok=TIMVYrN1 "[Jhelum Recruiting]")
This unusual real photo postcard seems to show recruiting in Jhelum, a key Punjabi district where British Indian soldiers were signed up for service in World War I.
Japanese Explorer on Camel
It was not just European and American tourists who came to India; this unusual postcard shows a Japanese traveler on a camel with the guide helpfully holding up a Japanese flag. The camel bags still have English names on them though.
The Hooseinabad, Lucknow.
Chota Imambara, a Lucknow landmark, is also called the Husseinabad Imambara. This monument, built as the mausoleum for Muhammad Ali Shah, was completed in 1837 and is part of the Kaiser Bagh complex.
Jaipur Palace - Inner Portion - H.H. The Maharaja
Maharajah Sawai Madho Singh II (1862-1922) in front of one of his palaces.
